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Lecturer UOE Grade 8 (£50,253- £ 61, 759 per annum)
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
School of Economics
Full time, Open Ended
Number of Posts: 2

The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint outstanding candidates to faculty positions at the rank of Lecturer. Applicants from all fields of Economics are welcome, although we are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in macroeconomics and any field of applied economics. We are especially interested in candidates whose research connects with that of our current faculty in interesting ways in fields related to applied economics or macroeconomics.

Successful candidates will have a strong commitment to producing internationally excellent research and delivering high quality teaching that contributes to the development of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and the learning experience of our students. Applicants should have, or be close to completing, a PhD in economics or related field, and have demonstrable potential to publish their research in leading refereed journals, to contribute to knowledge exchange activities and to secure research income. They will also undertake further management, teaching and administrative duties commensurate with the role.

We welcome applications from candidates available to commence employment with in-person teaching by January 2026.

Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Miguel Costa-Gomes, Head of School of Economics: Miguel.Costa-Gomes@ed.ac.uk

Your Skills & Attributes for Success:

· Have a PhD in Economics or be within six months of completion of a PhD.

· Must be able to demonstrate an existing or developing record of research with potential for publication in leading peer-reviewed journals in economics.

· Will have demonstrated the ability to make an outstanding contribution to the research activities and intellectual life of the School of Economics.

· Have excellent oral and written communication skills.

Please note that the University of Edinburgh defines completion of a PhD as the submission of the corrected thesis following the candidate’s viva examination, or when the candidate receives confirmation that there are no corrections to address.

Please click here for a full job description including full selection criteria and an outlining of expected duties.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:**

• A competitive salary.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

We particularly welcome applications from eligible candidates from under-represented groups, including racially minoritised individuals and all gender identities.

Key dates to note:

The closing date for applications is 11.59pm on Monday 15th of September 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

Interviews are anticipated to take place in early – Mid October (online).

Application information:

A required step on your application is to also apply via the University of University of Edinburgh recruitment portal which can be accessed using this applicant link. Applicants that do not apply via the University portal cannot be considered for this post. The role can also be found via

Please provide the following as part of your application; a cover letter; a CV; and a job market/research paper, and the name of three referees. Should you be invited to interview, reference letters from the three referees must be sent to economics.hr@ed.ac.uk in support of your application and in advance of the interview.

If you are currently in the process of completing your studies/PhD Programme please note any relevant timescales in your cover letter and/or CV.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

To apply, visit https://elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1001/job/13028. (See posting for details.)

The Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, with its approximately 100 employees, scholars, and visiting researchers, is one of more than 80 institutions of the Max Planck Society. It is an internationally oriented research institute dealing with applied economics and behavioral analysis of law.

The Research Group “Economic Design & Behavior” focuses on what might be called “behavioral market design”, which combines tools and topics from market design and behavioral economics. The group is led by Prof. Dr. Axel Ockenfels, who is director at the Max Planck Institute and director of the newly established Adenauer School of Government at the University of Cologne.

We are seeking to recruit an excellent

Postdoc for the (Female) Career Track Program

Our Offer to You:

• 4-year postdoc position (EG 13 TVöD Bund), with the option to extend to a W2 position (equivalent to Assistant/Associate Professor) as Head of a Max Planck Research Group for a further 6 years
• Participation in cutting-edge research involving leading international researchers and research funding
• Financial resources for your own research
• Opportunities for further training
• Social benefits provided by the public sector, including additional pension benefits
• No teaching obligation, but opportunity to teach

Your Profile:

• PhD in economics, computer science, or related fields (or about to defend a PhD soon)
• Expertise in behavioral/experimental economics and/or market design and/or quantitative methods (including, e.g., surveys, big-data analytics, artificial intelligence, LLM, machine-learning, and theoretical approaches)
• Educational background: Bachelor’s degree in economics, computer science, statistics, public policy, mathematics, or related discipline with substantial quantitative coursework
• Strong academic record Strong econometric skills (including familiarity with causal inference methods) and/or Programming skills
• Strong ability to produce publication-quality research and communicate the findings to a wide audience
• Strong analytical and writing skills Strong managerial and organizational skills
• Strong problem-solving skills, solution-oriented, with a mentality for continuous improvement of yourself and the team Collaborative, collegial, and excited to work with diverse teams
• Highly self-motivated and able to take initiative without much supervision
• Leadership potential with the ability to inspire and lead field and lab teams with intelligence, dedication, and empathy

Interested candidates are invited to submit their application by 14 September 2025, exclusively via our application portal.

Please upload the following documents:

• Letter of motivation
• CV with a list of publications/working papers
• Research statement (at most two pages)
• Job-market paper (published article or manuscript)
• Copies of degree certificates 3 letters of reference (if the reviewers wish to send the letters directly, or you can send them only later, please send them to luetz@coll.mpg.de before the deadline)

Should you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact Andrea Lütz via e-mail: luetz@coll.mpg.de

The purpose of the (Female) Career Track Program is to increase the number of excellent female scientists in the Max Planck Society. Therefore, the program primarily focuses on the recruitment of outstanding female scientists, though it is open to all applicants. The Max Planck Society is also seeking to increase the number of employees with severe disabilities. Applications from such qualified candidates will be given special consideration.

We look forward to receiving your application!

To apply, visit https://formular.as-mediendesign.de/link/4f7b1878-38745-1794-a9f443.html. (See posting for details.)

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa invites highly qualified candidates to apply for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Applied Economics. We are seeking candidates from any field, with a preference for those focusing on applied econometrics. The ideal candidate would work on applied questions/issues using strong quantitative frameworks. The candidate must have a world-class research program and an ambitious research agenda. The holder of the Chair will implement a creative and independent research program that is based on external research funding and will be actively involved with graduate student training and education. The Chair will be appointed to the Department of Economics, and will be expected to teach and supervise graduate students in this unit.

Located on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe-Algonquin people, in the heart of the nation`s capital and in close proximity to multiple national agencies, the University of Ottawa is one of Canada's top ten research-intensive universities. It is recognised as the first and largest bilingual university in North America and offers strong connections to organisational, government and policy interest holders. The University is situated in close proximity to the Parliament of Canada, multiple national agencies including Statistics Canada, as well as various provincial and municipal agencies.

Tier 1 Chairs, tenable for seven years and renewable once, are for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. For each Tier 1 Chair, the institution receives $200,000 annually for seven years. Nominees for Tier 1 Chair positions must be full professors or associate professors who are expected to be promoted to the full professor level within one or two years of the nomination. Alternatively, if they come from outside the academic sector, nominees must possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed at these levels. New CRC nominees are also eligible for infrastructure support from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to help acquire state-of-the-art equipment essential to their work.

Preferential Hiring: The University of Ottawa is committed to ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion in the scholarly and leadership environments of our students, staff, and faculty. Accordingly, we strongly encourage applications from skilled and experienced members of the four designated groups such as Indigenous Peoples, racialized individuals, persons with disabilities, women and gender equity-seeking groups, as defined in the CRC Program method for establishing equity targets and the Employment Equity Act, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively implement equity measures that ensure and retain diverse teams and promote inclusive practices for research team members. As part of this preferential hiring process, applications from members of the four designated groups will be prioritized and assessed first for the vacancy. The purpose of this measure is to increase the representation and contribution of members of the four designated groups in the allocation of Canada Research Chair positions. All candidates are asked to complete the confidential self-identification questionnaire during the application process online.

Skills requirements:

- Education : Ph.D. in economics or a related discipline.

- Required Qualifications: outstanding independent research achievements in the CRC’s identified area(s), a solid record with respect to teaching and training of students at the graduate level, strong record of external research funding. Excellent communication skills in either English or French. Active knowledge of one’s second official language (French or English) is a requirement for tenure. English-French bilingualism is an asset.

Duties: Academic staff functions include, in varying proportions:

- teaching

- scholarly activities such as research or professional work

- academic service

- graduate student supervision.

Rank and salary:

Terms: tenure-track academic appointment in the Faculty of Social Sciences. The salary range for a full professor starts at $131,803 and for an associate professor starts at $109,776 (scale of the collective agreement between APUO and the University of Ottawa as of May 1, 2025). Salaries are competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Benefits package: The University of Ottawa provides a complete benefits package, which includes long-term disability insurance, basic group life insurance, health insurance, University of Ottawa pension plan and optional life insurance, as well as reimbursement of eligible relocation expenses.

Location of work: Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5

Application Package:

• A cover letter;
• An up-to-date curriculum vitae (Please include any personal circumstances and/or career interruptions such as parental or sick leaves that may have impacted your research trajectory. These will be taken into consideration in the selection process);
• A research plan (2 to 3 pages);
• A statement of teaching interests (1 to 2 pages);
• A statement on equity, diversity, and inclusion philosophy and concrete practices (1 page);
• The names of three people whom may be contacted by the University for letters of reference which will follow the Canada Research Chairs guidelines (i.e. all three arm’s length including one of international stature and who does not live in the country where the candidate is currently working); and

· Self-identification: Complete the confidential Employment Equity questionnaire online during the application process. The Canada Research Chairs Program requires institutions to collect self-identification data from all applicants, following the program’s best practices.

Deadline: September 14, 2025.

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More information regarding Academic Careers can be found online. Apply online through the University of Ottawa Academic Careers website by clicking on the following link.

To apply, we invite you to merge the various sections of your application into a single PDF file, which you can then upload to the Careers website.

However, if you encounter any problems submitting your application, you can send it to the following email address: rccacrcp@uottawa.ca.

The selection process will begin immediately after the closing date and will continue until the position is filled. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Please address your cover letter to the following person:

Dr. Julie-St-Pierre, Vice-President, Research and Innovation

University of Ottawa

550 Cumberland St., room 246

Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 CANADA

For questions, please email: rccacrcp@uottawa.ca

Ad posted on August 12, 2025.

The University of Ottawa is committed to ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion in the scholarly and leadership environments of our students, staff and faculty. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples in Canada, visible minority members (racialized persons), persons with disabilities, women and all qualified applicants with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with equitable, diverse and inclusive communities. Applicants who wish to be considered as a member of one or more designated groups should complete the confidential Self-Identification Questionnaire when they apply.

In accordance with government policy, all qualified candidates are invited to apply; however, preference will be given to Canadians and permanent residents. When submitting your application, please indicate if you are legally entitled to work in Canada.

The University of Ottawa provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you are invited to proceed in the selection process, please notify us of any accommodations that you require by emailing the Office of the Vice-Provost, Faculty Relations, at vra.affairesprofessorales@uOttawa.ca. Any information you send us will be handled respectfully and in complete confidence.

The University of Ottawa is proud of its more than 175-year tradition of bilingualism. Through its Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute, the University provides second-language training to staff members and their spouses.

To apply, visit https://uottawa.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/uOttawa_External_Career_Site/job/Ottawa-ON/Tier-1-Canada-Research-Chair-in-Applied-Economics_JR27337. (See posting for details.)